Hello, it’s been a long time since I’ve blogged. Thankfully, the main reason for that is that I have been very busy with interior design projects. For that I’m very grateful. However, I’ve neglected my website and certainly have not provided any design advice for those seeking it via the internet. So it is my intention to commit to blogging regularly – hopefully at least once a week and sharing my interior design experiences, in the hopes that it will benefit some one out there and also help me analyze my own design process.
Even though it is not necessarily attractive, our homes need a system to remove rainwater and snow runoff from the exterior walls and foundation. The common system used here is GUTTERS and DOWNSPOUTS – the aluminum troughs that run around the exterior of your home are the gutters and the downspouts are the portions that run vertically from the gutter to the ground. 
Exterior Window Brick Molding – In this example the old windows were replaced with glass block. Glass block comes in a variety of sizes, but most often no matter what size you select you will have an extra gap – either on the sides or on the top and bottom. This can be filled in with wood and covered on the interior rather easily with a ledge, trim or building the wall up to the new window size. However, the exterior building material is brick. It is not as easy to conceal the “extra gap” material from the outside. This example had wood on either side, flush with the window and painted to match the other decorative trim 
I LOVE new clean-lined modern buildings and homes. I also LOVE older diverse neighborhoods full of homes built before I was born with loads of character! In my blog I will be pointing out features of both old and new homes that I find noteworthy. I will also provide design tips that you will hopefully find helpful and of interest, or at the very least – entertaining! If you have an older home and want to incorporate modern elements – I have ideas! If you have a newly built home or condo that looks like all the others in your neighborhood or building – I’ve got ideas for personalizing your space and making it stand out from the rest.